‘A dancing ball in the heart’: false tendon of the left ventricle simulating a mass lesion

There was no evidence of a patent foramen ovale on bubble contrast study. Video 3 Echocardiogram images showing the false tendon with its fleshy, calcified central portion resembling a calcific mass. media-3 bcr-2013-201115.v3 10.1136/bcr-2013-201115v3 Video 4 Echocardiogram images showing the false...

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Published in:BMJ case reports 2013-10, Vol.2013, p.bcr2013201115
Main Authors: Kareem, Hashir, Devasia, Tom
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Asia
Calcification
Cardiovascular disease
Echocardiography
Electrocardiography
Fluoroscopy
Heart Ventricles - abnormalities
Heart Ventricles - diagnostic imaging
Heart Ventricles - physiopathology
Humans
Images In
Indian Sub-Continent
Male
Ultrasonic imaging
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Summary:There was no evidence of a patent foramen ovale on bubble contrast study. Video 3 Echocardiogram images showing the false tendon with its fleshy, calcified central portion resembling a calcific mass. media-3 bcr-2013-201115.v3 10.1136/bcr-2013-201115v3 Video 4 Echocardiogram images showing the false tendon with its fleshy, calcified central portion resembling a calcific mass. media-4 bcr-2013-201115.v4 10.1136/bcr-2013-201115v4 Learning points False tendons are fibromuscular bands seen in the left ventricle.
ISSN:1757-790X
1757-790X
DOI:10.1136/bcr-2013-201115